Northumberland-Newcastle upon Tyne-1580 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19712

Map Date:

? 1580

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 186.h.1(60)

Historic county:

Northumberland

Town name:

Newcastle upon Tyne

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ250640

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 2664

Comments on map:

'Rotograph' copy by Office of Works, 1938, from original at Hatfield House. Endorsed as Tynemouth and Newcastle, but the emphasis seems to be on the latter. Detail schematic at best. Colour-scheme not clearly apparent. The copy is at 64 per cent of original size, so scale and dimensions have been compensated.

Scale:

1:10,000*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

68.8 x 73.5

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Known copies of map:

HatHouse, Cecil Papers [original]; BLML Maps 186.h.1(65) [photo].

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Pictorial buildings, bridge, and numerous shipping in river.

Ordnance Survey's

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1894

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560